Kentucky House Bill 301 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-2)
Status: Engrossed on March 5 2010 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-04-14 - recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Pending: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Amend KRS 159.010 to require students entering the 9th grade after July 1, 2014 to attend school until their 17th birthday or receive a high school diploma; to require students entering the 9th grade after July 1, 2015 to attend school until their 18th birthday or receive a high school diploma; to continue dropout conferences for students between the ages of 17 and 18 until July 1, 2015 school year; to make technical corrections; amend KRS 159.020 to conform; amend KRS 158.146 to remove priority of awarding dropout prevention grants to districts with 3 year average dropout rate exceeding 5%; remove provision directing 75% of funds to elementary and middle schools and 25% to high schools; add use of funds to support statewide strategies and grants to districts to support replicable promising practices; encourage General Assembly to consider increasing funding to support dropout prevention programming if funds become available.

AN ACT relating to compulsory school attendance.

Rep. James Glenn [D]	Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Jeff Greer [D]	Rep. Jeff Hoover [R]
Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Reginald Meeks [D]	Rep. Darryl Owens [D]	Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]
Rep. Tom Riner [D]	Rep. Carl Rollins [D]	Rep. Sal Santoro [R]	Rep. Gregory Stumbo [D]
Rep. Thomas Thompson [D]	Rep. John Tilley [D]	Rep. Susan Westrom [D]	Rep. Brent Yonts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-04-14		recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
2010-04-14		returned to the Orders of the Day
2010-04-14		returned to Rules (S)
2010-04-14		taken from the Regular Orders of the Day
2010-04-01		passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2010-03-29		passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2010-03-25		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 29. 2010
2010-03-23		reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2010-03-18		returned to Education (S)
2010-03-18		1st reading
2010-03-18		taken from committee
2010-03-09		to Education (S)
2010-03-05		received in Senate
2010-03-04		3rd reading, passed 94-6 with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) and (2-title), floor amendment (1)
2010-03-03		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 4, 2010
2010-03-02		floor amendment (2) filed to Committee Substitute
2010-03-02		reported favorably, to Rules
2010-02-26		posted in committee
2010-02-22		recommitted to Appropriations & Revenue (H)
2010-02-18		floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
2010-02-17		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-02-16		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute, committee amendments (1) and (2-title)
2010-01-28		posted in committee
2010-01-21		to Education (H)
2010-01-20		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB301.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/HB301/bill.doc